Climate Change Threatens Livelihoods In Somalia
Climate change-related disasters, such as prolonged drought, floods and locust infestations, have displaced thousands of Somali farmers from their land, threatening food security in the Horn of the African nation.
Somalia contributes less than 0.003% of greenhouse gas emissions into the ... Read More
UN Says 16 Staff, Dependents Detained In Ethiopia
An Ethiopian refugee stands as she is registered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees at the Um Rakuba camp for Ethiopian refugees fleeing the fighting in the country's Tigray region, on the Sudan-Ethiopia border, Nov. 28, 2020.
The United ... Read More
Gambia: Adama Barrow To Face Five Others In Presidential Pol...
Adama Barrow - Gambia President
Gambia’s President Adama Barrow is set to face five other candidates in next month’s presidential election due on December 4.
It will be the first time Gambians will be voting for a president without ex-leader Yahya Jammeh contesting.
The last ... Read More
AU Envoy: Time Running Out To Find Political Solution To Nor...
Olusegun Obasanjo
The African Union envoy for the Horn of Africa warned Monday that the window of opportunity is closing for a political resolution of the crisis in northern Ethiopia, as the country tips further toward all-out conflict.
"The time is now ... Read More
President Akufo-Addo Leaves For Cape Verde
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo left Ghana on Monday for Praia, Cape Verde, to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the West African nation’s President-elect, Jose Maria Neves.
The President is attending the ceremony in his capacity as the Chairperson of ... Read More
Ethiopians Rally By Thousands To Support Abiy, Denounce US
Tens of thousands of Ethiopians rallied in Addis Ababa on Sunday in support of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government as federal troops fight rebellious forces who are threatening to march on the city.
Some demonstrators denounced the United States, which is ... Read More
ECOWAS Hardens Stance On Mali, Guinea
The West African regional grouping ECOWAS on Sunday hardened its stance against military-ruled Mali and Guinea, imposing new individual sanctions and calling on both countries to honor timetables for a return to democracy.
The Economic Community of West African States "has ... Read More
Hundreds March In Washington To Denounce Ethiopian Governmen...
Several hundred people join a march in Washington on Nov. 4, 2021, to protest the Ethiopian government on the first anniversary of its war against forces in the country's northern region of Tigray. (Sara Fissehaye/VOA)
Hundreds of people marched in Washington ... Read More
COP26: African Leaders Call On Rich Nations To Meet $100 Bil...
Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo arrives for the COP26 summit at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 1, 2021.
African nations at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, have criticized rich countries for failing to meet their promise ... Read More
UN Official Meets With Sudan’s Ousted PM, Who Remains Unde...
Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok
The United Nations discussed possible steps forward with ousted Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok Sunday, a day after hundreds of thousands of people marched in protest of last week’s military coup.
Volker Perthes, the U.N. special ... Read More